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Look it’s two-two tweets that helped me vent my frustrations. It’s really not that deep…Holed up in her bedroom, Cleo’s aired twenty-two Whatsapps from Kara and has cut off contact with the rest of the world. It doesn’t mean she’s been silent though – she’s got a lot to say. On the internet, actions don’t always speak louder than words…seven methods of killing kylie jenner explores cultural appropriation, queerness, friendship and the ownership of black bodies online and IRL.Jasmine Lee-Jones’s award-winning play premiered at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2019 and transferred to the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs in June 2021.

Being a woman is blood and gutsIt’s intestineFuck florals and ballgownsIt’s ballsIt’s livers and kidneys and puke and mucusRipping and tearing and shreddingRed stain on linen beddingIt’s sheddingJaz is in her second year at drama school. Jaz is tired of performing. Hence her conundrum. But when she stumbles across a piece of forgotten history – her life is changed forever…What does it mean to find yourself? Especially when it seems the world you live in is diametrically set against you doing just that?Set against the sprawling backdrop of urban London across centuries, curious is a frank, funny and moving excavation of the lives of two actresses who are young, Black, queer and trying to find out who they are. It is written and performed by Jasmine Lee-Jones, the winner of Evening Standard Award 2019 and Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for her play seven methods of killing kylie jenner.

seven methods of killing kylie jenner combines theatre with gifs, memes and emojis to explore stereotypes of Black womanhood, white capitalist exploitation and the politics of social media activism.This Student Edition of Jasmine Lee-Jones's 2019 play features a commentary by Nadine Deller that delves into the following aspects of the play:* the notion of cultural appropriation* the idea that Blackness can be used in western culture to gain economic and cultural capital when mediated through white bodies* the 19th century figure of Saartjie Baartman, who epitomises the historic fetishization of the Black female body* the significance of colourism* Black British womxn’s theatre – with reference to the work of debbie tucker green, Chino Odimba, Jackie Kay and Winsome Pinnock* the ‘digital age’ on stageIt also features a Notes section at the back of the edition, helping students to understand particular references in the play.